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The consulting firms reshaping our universities
Episode 1589
A quiet transformation is underway at Australian universities. Behind closed doors, powerful consulting firms are helping to reshape higher education…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Read This: Hoot and Holler for Kaliane Bradley
Episode 1588
On the surface, Kaliane Bradley’s debut is a time-travel novel — it’s speculative fiction meets romance and espionage. But underneath? It's a sharp, …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
From AUKUS to tariffs: Should Albanese repair ties with Trump?
Episode 1587
As Anthony Albanese heads to the G7 summit, the future of Australia’s most important defence pact is suddenly uncertain.
The Trump administration is…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump, Musk and the big, beautiful break-up
Episode 1586
Elon Musk and Donald Trump were once political partners – sharing praise, power and ice-cream parties. Now the pair have been trading insults on thei…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
How Trump’s mass deportations sparked a riot
Episode 1585
US President Donald Trump’s agenda of mass deportations has reached a tipping point.
After ICE raids in Los Angeles sparked street riots, the preside…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Albanese’s ‘bizarre’ reversal at Home Affairs
Episode 1584
When Anthony Albanese first became prime minister, he began dismantling the Home Affairs super-ministry, which had been overseen by Peter Dutton.
Lab…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
What young voters want from Albanese
Episode 1583
At the recent election, a generational shift became undeniable.
Nearly half of all voters were Millennials or Gen Z – and their votes helped deliver…
1 year ago
Read This: Torrey Peters’ Never-Ending Transition
Episode 1582
Torrey Peters’ debut novel, Detransition, Baby, was an instant sensation. Longlisted for the Women’s Prize in the UK and named one of the New York Ti…
1 year ago
Albanese’s push-back against Trump
Episode 1581
Donald Trump’s return to power is testing Australia’s decades-old reflex to stand with the United States.
When the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth…
1 year ago
The years of lobbying behind Woodside’s North West Shelf approval
Episode 1580
Greg Bourne, former BP Australasia president, once worked alongside Australia’s biggest LNG venture: Woodside’s North West Shelf.
Now a councillor at…
1 year ago